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New Ruling Affects Prevailing-Party Attorney Fees: 'Florida Supreme Court Has Now Taken That Away'

"It is going to make it much more difficult for someone who is wrongfully sued to recover prevailing party attorney's fees and costs," Robert Kohlman, a partner at KohlmanLaw, said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Revisiting Indemnification Provisions

In his Construction Law column, Kenneth Block discusses two recent developments regarding indemnification provisions in construction contracts and advises counsel for owners and contractors to revisit their indemnification provisions to make sure there is adequate protection for their clients.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Urged to Require Lodestar 'Cross-Check' for Class Action Attorney Fee Awards

The petition focuses on $14.5 million in attorney fees awarded as part of Bank of America's settlement involving overdraft fees.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Appellate Ruling Provides Guidance on Technicalities of Pretrial Stipulations, Wrong Measure of Damages

"Pretrial stipulations will not necessarily limit the issues ruled upon at trial, so each party should cover all of its bases, raise the appropriate objections, and also understand that the courts will resolve all of the issues in a case at trial, even if not explicitly stated in the stipulation," Nicole Moskowitz of Neustein Law Group in Aventura said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Counsel Seek About $600K in Attorney Fees for Litigation Highlighting Class Action Law Uncertainty

"What we're seeing is a lot of young, hungry plaintiffs' attorneys that are looking at the Eleventh Circuit as a popular destination to file their new cases," said Ian H. Ross, a partner at Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Consider Argument in Case Over Fee Request Deadline for Appellate Work

The case centered on a $150,000 demand for fees from lawyers representing a doctor in an appeal from a collection of judgment proceeding stemming from his breach of contract lawsuit against his employer.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Question Over Attorney Fee Request Deadlines to Go Before Pa. Supreme Court

Plaintiff sued Lehigh Valley Health Network in 2014 for breaching an employment contract, winning $70,000 in economic damages and about $390,000 in attorney fees.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appellate Ruling Suggests Florida Lawyers Should Add This Fee Provision to Their Contracts

"Without it, you may be taking an expensive gamble," attorney Eric Neuman said.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Skadden, TransPerfect Still at Impasse Over Payment of Disputed Legal Fees

Skadden, which represented court-appointed custodian Robert Pincus, claims TransPerfect's proposed payments aren't in line with orders issued by the Delaware Court of Chancery.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Family Law Attorney Prevails Over Ex-Client Who Tried to Escape Fees Owed Under Confession of Judgment

"The statutory requirement that an affidavit of confession of judgment 'stat[e] concisely the facts out of which the debt arose and show[ ] that the sum confessed is justly due,'" quoting a state statute, "is designed to protect innocent third parties," the appeals court wrote.
2 minute read

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